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THE CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA - THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSATLANTIC EXPEDITION 1955-1958
by Fuchs, Sir Vivian & Hillary, Sir Edmund
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
Cassel And Company Limited, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1st Edition; xviii, 338 pages, illustrated, 30 colour, 63 b/w photos, 9 maps, end paper maps of the Antarctic. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, closed repaired to dust jacket spine, minor staining to covers and page edges lightly spotted, contents clean. A very nice copy. A must-have for any collector of Antarctica this attractive book tells the story of the Trans-Antarctic expedition. On the 24th November 1957 12 men set out from Shackleton base equipped with 8 vehicles, sledges and two dog teams to cross more than two thousand miles of unexplored snow and ice, this is the fascinating account of the expedition. Meanwhile on the other side of the Antarctic continent Sir Edmund Hillary probed the immense Skelton Glacier from the Ross Sea and blazed a trail for the crossing party to follow. To him goes the honour of the achievement of reaching the South Pole by land for the first time since Captain Scott planted a British flag there some forty six years earlier. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1476. .
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1476
- Title
- THE CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA - THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSATLANTIC EXPEDITION 1955-1958
- Author
- Fuchs, Sir Vivian & Hillary, Sir Edmund
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassel And Company Limited
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- BZDB349 Scott, polar, Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Unbranded Fuchs, Sir Vivian & Hillary, Sir Edmund THE CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA - THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSATLANTIC EXPEDITION 1955-1958.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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